The Contents of The Abbey, Annandale, Sydney
The Property of Ann Sherry AO & Michael Hogan
Auction • 26 & 27 February 2023
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Auction
The Contents of The Abbey, Annandale, Sydney
The Property of Ann Sherry AO & Michael Hogan
LIVE AUCTION Sunday 26 February 2023, 6.00pm (Lots 1–77)
NCJWA Hall, Level 1/111 Queen Street, Woollahra NSW 2025
ONLINE AUCTION
Monday 27 February 2023 (Lots 78–378)
Closing commences 10am
VIEWING
Friday 24 February 11am–5pm
Saturday 25 February 11am–5pm
Sunday 26 February 11am–2.30pm
The Abbey, 272 Johnston Street, Annandale NSW 2038
COLLECTIONS Tuesday 28 February 11am–5pm
Wednesday 1 March 11am–5pm
Thursday 2 March 11am–5pm
The Abbey, 272 Johnston Street, Annandale NSW 2038
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We look forward to welcoming everyone at the viewings of this single-owner collection, that reflects the very varied and global interests and passions of the ownersAnn Sherry AO and Michael Hogan.
Michael Hogan and Ann Sherry have lovingly restored The Abbey over four years to 2015, working with the heritage architects Alan Croker and Letizia Loppo. The renovation won a National Trust Heritage Award in May 2015 and it's an extraordinary achievement, when you consider the state in which the property was in, when they acquired it. The level of detail achieved in this renovation and the stunning visual impact of what they have done, makes a visit to this incredible home a must in itself and then there is the collection!
Ann Sherry was formerly a director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney and so it is no surprise to see this collection peppered with fine Indigenous and contemporary artworks, ranging from several magnificent Australian bark paintings to a rare and stunning original screen print of Mao by the legendary American artist Andy Warhol. It has been a great privilege spending time with Ann and Michael and their son Nick at their Sydney home while preparing this auction catalogue and we look forward to the viewing at this incredible property in Sydney in February
Paul Sumner and Amanda Swanson Directors
The History of The Abbey, 272 Johnson Street
Annandale, Sydney NSW
The Abbey was built by John Young, a builder who had migrated from England to Australia. After working for some time as a builder in Melbourne, Young moved to Sydney and continued a successful career. In 1877, he bought land in what is now the suburb of Annandale, where he had visions of creating a garden suburb that would rival exclusive harbourside suburbs like Darling Point. He proceeded to build an extraordinary group of eight homes colloquially known as the Witches houses along a ridge near Rozelle Bay: The Abbey, Oybin, Kenilworth, Rozelle (since demolished), Greba, Hockindon, Highroyd and Claremont (since demolished).
The Abbey was the most outstanding of these homes, once described as an "imaginative, romantic house loosely modelled on a Scottish manor It was designed in a variation of the Victorian Free Gothic style and incorporated stencil work, hand-painted panels, timber architraves, a Gothic vault and a tower with gargoyles. Young was the principal builder of St Mary's Cathedral, and it was rumoured that he had stolen gargoyles from the cathedral to use on his Annandale homes. He also used reinforced concrete, quite an innovation at the time. Young was a Freemason and the house was decorated with Masonic symbols. It was completed in 1882. Young built the home to impress his wife and encourage her to return from England. She did not return and they never lived in it. The Abbey was occupied by housekeepers while Young lived in a house called Kentville, near Rozelle Bay, since
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demolished. From 1887, the ballroom and stables of The Abbey were used as a boarding house for private schools. In 1924, the house was subdivided and converted to flats—the beginning of a long period of decline. In 1959 it was acquired by radio engineer Lancelot Davis for the sum of £4,500 for his son, Sydney surgeon Dr Geoffrey L. R. Davis. Dr Davis, an associate of the bohemian Sydney
Push, continued to lease out some of the original separate units for two decades while proceeding with a long-term restoration of the house. The Davis family occupied The Abbey for fifty years. Dr Davis died in 2008. Ann Sherry and Michael Hogan purchased The Abbey in 2009 and set about restoring it to its former glory.
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NONGGIRRNGA MARAWILI (B.1939)
Yathikpa, 2013 natural earth pigments on bark
approx. 155cm high, 80cm wide (variable)
PROVENANCE
Buku Larrngay Mulka, Yirkalla 4332W
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne AK18906
$8,000–10,000
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NONGGIRRNGA MARAWILI (B.1939)
Untitled natural earth pigments on bark
179cm high, approx. 87cm wide
PROVENANCE
Buku Larrngay Mulka, Yirkalla 3:86-18
Yirkalla Art Centre, Yirkalla, NT
$12,000–18,000
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WUKUN WANAMBI (1962-2022)
Untitled natural earth pigments on bark
124 x 50cm
PROVENANCE
Buku Larrngay Mulka Yirkalla No.3269-18
$4,000–6,000
GARAWAN WANAMBI (B.1965)
Untitled natural earth pigments on bark
109 x 55cm
PROVENANCE
Buku Larrngay Mulka Yirkalla No.4517G
$2,000–3,000
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GARAWAN WANAMBI (B.1965)
Untitled natural earth pigments on bark
80.5cm x 41cm
PROVENANCE
Buku Larrngay Mulka Yirkalla No.4509T
$1,500–2,000
SAMUEL NAMUNJDJA (1965-2009)
Namorrorddo a profame spirit, 2002 natural earth pigments on bark
136 x 41cm
PROVENANCE
Maningrida Arts NT No.6599-02 M316
Annandale Galleries, Sydney
$4,000–6,000
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Untitled, 2011
natural ochres on canvas
80 x 100cm
PROVENANCE
Warmun Art Centre WAC770/11
$2,500–3,500
GEORGE
Untitled 1990
acrylic on Belgian linen
137 x 75cm
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists No.GT900752
Chapman Gallery, Canberra
$1,500–2,000
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PATRICK MUNG MUNG (C.1944)
TJUNGURRAYI (C.1943)
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ROSELLA NAMOK (B.1979)
Light shower rain 2005
acrylic on canvas
signed lower left
80 x 118cm
PROVENANCE
Mornington Island Arts Centre, Ref. RNC20050310, Lockhart River
Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
$1,000–1,500
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FIONA OMEENYO (B.1981)
Untitled, 2001
acrylic on canvas
84 x 114cm
PROVENANCE
Mornington Island Arts Centre, Ref. FOGB050301-1, Lockhart River
Andrew Baker Brisbane
$800–1,200
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FIONA OMEENYO (B.1981)
Keeping it strong, 2002
acrylic on canvas
signed lower left 125 x 182cm
PROVENANCE
Mornington Island Arts Centre FO0140102, Lockhart River
Niagara Galleries Melbourne
$1,500–2,500
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GINGER RILEY MUNDUWALAWALA (C.1939-2002)
Limmen Bight Country, 2000
acrylic on linen
65 x 66cm
PROVENANCE
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne AK5884
$6,000–10,000
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ROSELLA NAMOK (B.1979)
Untitled acrylic on canvas signed lower left diptych, each panel 181 x 46cm
PROVENANCE
Mornington Island Arts Centre, Ref. RNC20050315, Lockhart River $3,000–5,000
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LORNA FENCER NAPARRULA (C.1920-2006)
Untitled acrylic on canvas
174 x 122cm
PROVENANCE
Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery, Darwin, Cat. A7005
$1,000–1,500
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FIONA OMEENYO (B.1981)
Look em there
acrylic on canvas
119 x 83cm
PROVENANCE
Mornington Island Arts Centre, Ref. T-FO07084, Lockhart River
$800–1,200
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ANDY WARHOL (AMERICAN, 1928-1987)
Mao #92
colour screenprint
signed and numbered in an edition of 250 (300 including artist proofs) Styria studio, Published by Castelli Graphics and Multiples, Inc., New York 91 x 91cm
PROVENANCE
Martin Lawrence Galleries New York. Certificate of Authenticity No. GRWAR09201
LITERATURE
See: Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne 1962–1987, Feldman, F. and Schellmann, J. Published by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, 1997, cat. II.92, p. 78 (illus.)
$60,000–80,000
In Mao, Andy Warhol shows the image of Chairman Mao to the world through his own iconic screen printing technique. He embellishes Mao's features and clothes with saturated colours that completely changes the political meaning of the portrait: for American audiences, it is no longer a threatening Communist propaganda image, but a fashionable and charming new idol in Warhol's popular culture of the 1970s. Ten years after the completion of Mao series, Andy Warhol went to China in 1982. In that era where few convenient ways of communication were available, many contemporary Chinese artists were deeply inspired by Warhol such as Zeng Fanzhi, Wang Guangyi and Yu Youhan.
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JOHN TOOTILL (NEW ZEALAND, B.1951)
Untitled – Maori face acrylic on canvas inscribed with artists name to verso 90 x 100cm
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$1,000–2,000
MR BRAINWASH (FRENCH, B.1966)
PROVENANCE
Martin Lawrence Galleries. San Francisco with Certificate of Authenticity, No. A1756040512A
$5,000–8,000
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Marilyn Monroe
screenprint and spray paint on paper signed in pencil and inscribed to verso approx. 56 x 58cm
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RAY CROOKE (1922-2015)
Untitled Northern Queensland landscape oil on board signed lower left 29 x 45cm
$800–1,200
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FRANCES VIDA LAHEY (1882-1968)
Roses oil on board signed lower right 42 x 30cm
PROVENANCE
Phillip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane 2012
$10,000–15,000
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NORA HEYSEN AM (1911-2003)
Trobriand Island girl
oil on board
signed lower right
79 x 56cm
PROVENANCE
Deutscher~Menzies, Australian & International Paintings, Sydney, 16/03/2005, Lot No. 133
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
Collection of Ann Sherry AO and Michael Hogan, Sydney
PUBLISHED REFERENCES
Jennifer Higgie, The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience, 500 Years of Women’s Self-Portraits, published by Hachette.
Lou Klepac, Nora Heysen, Beagle Press. Sydney, 1989.
$15,000–20,000
Nora Heysen was born in Hahndorf, South Australia as the fourth child of landscape painter (later Sir) Hans Heysen and his wife Selma Heysen (née Bartels), and was raised at The Cedars in Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills. She studied art from 1926 to 1930 at the School of Fine Arts in Adelaide under F. Millward Grey and sold paintings to the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Art Gallery of South Australia in 1930. From 1930 to 1933, she continued to study two days a week at the School, and worked in her own studio the rest of the time. In 1931 she visited Sydney with her parents, and spent two weeks studying at the Julian Ashton Art School
In 1938, she entered two portraits in the Archibald Prize. Her portrait of Madame Elink Schuurman was awarded the prize and she became the first woman to win the Archibald. There was a controversy involving criticism of her win by painter Max Meldrum
On October 12, 1943, she became the first woman to be appointed as an Australian war artist at the rank of captain. During her service, Heysen completed over 170 works of art and was discharged from service in 1946 in New Guinea
A 1939 article in The Australian Women's Weekly ran with the headline "Girl Painter Who Won Art Prize is also Good Cook" and lists three of Heysen's favourite recipes along with her strategies for achieving domestic duties and leaving time for painting.
A major retrospective exhibition of the work of daughter and father, Hans and Nora Heysen: Two Generations of Australian Art was curated by the National Gallery of Victoria March - July 2019. Reviewing it, Sydney Morning Herald critic John McDonald described Nora's career as a "fractured, stop-start affair", but that in a "popular rethinking of the Heysen's place in local art history ... Nora's star has risen while her father's has declined". McDonald nominated as Nora's signature work her "breathtaking still life, Eggs (1927)" from the Hinton collection in the New England Regional Art Museum, and described her Still Life of quinces (1933) from the same collection as "painted with the precision of an old master".
Jennifer Higgie writing in the SMH April 1 2021 said: When the curator and publisher Lou Klepac first visited the artist Nora Heysen in her Sydney studio in the mid-1980s, he expressed surprise that she hadn’t had a solo exhibition in the sixty years that she had lived in the city. Nora replied: “No one ever asked. And I don’t push myself.”
She added that she relished “comfortable obscurity”. Despite her love for her family, and her heartbreak at the breakdown of her marriage, no one was more comfortable with her own company.
In 1998 Nora Heysen was awarded the Order of Australia AM
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Nora Heysen AM, photographed by Harold Cazneaux, circa 1939, Sydney.
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JOHN COBURN (1926-2006)
Samurai artist proof print on paper signed, titled and dated 75 in pencil to margin $1,500–2,500
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JOHN COBURN (1926-2006)
Mustard Tree signed, titled dated 75 and numbered 23/40 in pencil to margin 53 x 71cm $800–1,200
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JUDY MILLAR (NEW ZEALAND, B.1957)
Pink Abstract oil on aluminium signed and dated 2005 to verso 76 x 51cm
$1,500–2,500
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GARRY SHEAD (B.1952)
Checkmate
colograph
signed, titled and numbered 55/80 to margin 65 x 90cm $1,200–1,800
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MARGARET OLLEY (1923-2011)
Still life with flowers plums and oranges
signed, titled and numbered 36/50 in pencil to margin paper size 71 x 92cm $2,000–3,000
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PROVENANCE
Acquired
$15,000–20,000
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TIMOTHY AUSTIN (TIM) STORRIER (B.1949)
Untitled – starry night sky oil on canvas
30 x 46cm
Australian Galleries label to verso, stock no 24551
by the present vendors in 1998
DAVID BOYD AO (1924-2011)
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tin-glazed ceramic bowl signed to base 29cm diameter, 13cm high $800–1,200
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ERNEST WALTER SMITH (AUSTRALIA, B.1928)
Junior persons series no 3 oil on board initialled lower left 24 x 19 cm
PROVENANCE
Christopher Day Gallery, Sydney
$300–500
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ERNEST WALTER SMITH (AUSTRALIA, B.1928)
Junior persons series no 1 oil on board initialled lower right 24 x 20cm
PROVENANCE
Christopher Day Gallery, Sydney
$300–500
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GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH (1892-1984)
Autumn Landscape oil on board
signed and dated 45 and titled to verso 47 x 37cm
PROVENANCE
The Ian Callinan Collection, Christie's, Australia, 11 December 1994 lot 11
Acquired by the present vendors form Australian Galleries 1999.
$5,000–8,000
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A rare Vanuatu mud man, Mansak's family from Ranpupupre, Temar ne ari (Ancestor spirit), c.1995 natural ochre and natural fibres approx. 100cm high in acrylic case 106cm high, 80cm deep, 70cm wide
PROVENANCE
Annandale Galleries, Sydney
$2,000–4,000
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ALEX KOSMAS (B.1957)
Archway
bronze
32cm high, 15cm wide
PROVENANCE
Australian Galleries, Sydney
$800–1,200
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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CATHY CARTER (NEW ZEALAND)
Untitled Ocean Pool oil and collage
approx. 68 x 158cm
$800–1,200
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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CECILE MENGIL (B.1990)
natural ochres on canvas
76 x 76cm
PROVENANCE
Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Ref. WAA177509
$200–400
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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ADA BIRD PETYARRE (C.1930-2004)
Woman’s Dreaming acrylic on canvas 93 x 85cm
PROVENANCE
Painted at Mulga bore NT
$300–500
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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RODERICK YUNGAPORTA
Two Aurukun echidnas
natural ochres and acrylic on milkwood 36cm long and 36cm high
$150–250
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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COLIN LANCELEY (1938-2015)
Two in the bush lithograph
signed, titled and dated 78 in pencil to margin 93 x 67cm
$200–300
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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IVAN RABUSIN CROATIAN (1921-2008)
Farmed landscape with fields and central tree lithograph signed in pencil to margin lower right paper size approx. 48 x 60cm
$200–400
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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DAVID RANKIN (BORN 1946)
Portrait of Lily Brett, the artist's wife watercolour on paper signed and dated 84 31 x 24cm
$400–600
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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FIONA FOLEY (B.1964)
Samsara 1 artist's proof etching on paper signed, titled and dated 03 in pencil to margin paper size 35 x 26cm
$150–250
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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LISA MICHL (B.1977)
Ant Bed 2 acrylic on canvas 119 x 66.5cm
PROVENANCE
Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
$500–700
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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DOROTHY ROBINSON NAPANGARDI (C.1956-2013)
acrylic on canvas
31 x 23cm wide
PROVENANCE
Gallery Gondwanna NT 10432
$500–700
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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DOROTHY ROBINSON NAPANGARDI (C.1956-2013)
acrylic on canvas
23 x 31cm
PROVENANCE Gallery Gondwanna NT 10430
$500–700
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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DOROTHY ROBINSON NAPANGARDI (C.1956-2013)
acrylic on canvas
31 x 23cm
PROVENANCE Gallery Gondwanna NT 10431
$500–700
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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PADDY SIMS TJAPALTJARRI (C.1916-2010)
Untitled acrylic on canvas
46 x 46cm
PROVENANCE
Warlukurlangu artists Ref 2018/06 Gallery Gondwana NT, Cat. no. 10449
$200–400
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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WARLIMPIRRNGA TJAPALTJARRI (C.1950)
Tingari, 2007
acrylic on canvas 60 x 30cm
PROVENANCE John Morse, Sydney
$150–250
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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BARNEY ELLAGA AUSTRALIA (C.1941-2015)
untitled
acrylic on paper
57 x 76cm
$200–400
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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ROSELLA NAMOK (LOCKHART RIVER, BORN 1979)
Dry Waterhole, 2003
acrylic on canvas
approx. 196 x 135cm
PROVENANCE
Lockhart River Community Arts and Cultural Centre, Certificate number: RN 100703
$1,000–2,000
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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PADDY SIMS JAPALJARRI (C.1916-2010)
Untitled acrylic on canvas
46 x 46cm
PROVENANCE
Warlukurlangu artists Ref 10448PS 2039/06
Gallery Gondwana NT, Cat. no. 10448
$200–300
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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KITTEY MALARVIE (C.1942)
Untitled acrylic on canvas
120 x 90cm
PROVENANCE
Waringarri Aboriginal Arts WAA385612
$200–400
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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JUKIJA NORA TJOOKOOOTJIA (C.1930s)
acrylic on canvas
119 x 85cm
PROVENANCE
Wangkatjunka No WJ1526
Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
$300–500
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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SILAS HOBSON (B.1978)
Old girls dancing, 2005
acrylic on canvas
88 x 120cm
PROVENANCE
Mornington Arts Centre SH250105
$400–600
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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PENNY K LYONS
Tarpia – Springwater
120 x 85cm
PROVENANCE
Wangkatjunka No WJ1428
Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
$400–600
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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BENJIMAN BURRUNALI
Untitled, Fish and snake and sea creatures natural ochres on paper attributed to verso
76 x 57cm
PROVENANCE
Oenpelli Arnhem Land NT
$200–300
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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SAMANTHA HOBSON (BORN 1981)
Untitled acrylic on canvas
95 x 95cm
PROVENANCE
Alcaston Gallery No.AK 20038
$800–1,200
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A gold bangle of oval form with hinge, 9ct gold
$500–550
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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A gold bangle of circular Design. 9ct gold
$500–550
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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A pair of gold earrings of knot design with pierced fittings. 9ct gold
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A pair of gold earrings of ball design finial with suspended larger two-tone ball with ring pierced fittings, 18ct yellow gold.
$300–350
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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A gold bracelet of brick design in 14ct yellow and rose gold.
$550–650
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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A pearl necklace of multi strand black freshwater pearls with sterling silver fittings by Jan Logan
$150–250
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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A pearl necklace comprising 67 black akoya pearls measuring 7.29mm with 9ct rose gold and diamond set clasp
$200–300
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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A blue topaz ring comprising one central 4-claw set oval topaz measuring 12.02mm x 9.85mm with 2 rubbed in baguettes to each shoulder. 9ct yellow gold setting.
$200–300
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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A pearl ring comprising one semi-set round grey pearl. Measuring 9.91mm with three small round brilliant cut to each shoulder in a 14ct yellow Gold Setting.
$100–120
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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A pair of pearl earrings, of cropped design, each earring comprising one round south sea pearl. Measuring 12.39mm attached to 18ct white gold shepherds crook design fittings.
$150–250
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
$100–120
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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A gold necklace comprising 32 gold sail design links in 18ct yellow rose and white gold
$2,200–2,600
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A gold bracelet of curb linked design with attached heart padlock. In 9ct yellow gold.
$750–800
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A pair of costume earrings of Edwardian design featuring spade shaped tops with attached faux elongated pearls
$50–100
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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A pair of stud design pearl earrings, each earring comprising one cultured black pearl measuring 7.03mm in 9ct gold
$50–100
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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A pair of Murano glass earrings and necklace featuring various glass beads of multiple sizes measuring 51cm.
$50–100
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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A pearl necklace comprising 56 round cultured pearls, with sterling-silver setting with a pair of pearl drop earrings set in 9ct rose gold.
$50–100
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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A pair of diamond and pearl earrings, each earring comprising one button shaped south sea pearl measuring 14.68mm
PROVENANCE
Walker and Hall, Auckland 2007
$1,500–2,000
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A ladies wristwatch, designed by Salvador Dali with quartz movement
$50–100
Illustrated at artvisory.com.au
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The Abbey Timed Online Auction
Lots will be sold via a timed online auction via invaluable.com that will be open for bidding during the viewing and all lots can be viewed at The Abbey at the same time. Lots included in the timed online auction will start to close from 10am on Monday 27 February and any purchases you make at the timed online auction will then be combined with your invoice for any purchases you make at the live auction. Please note all invoices will be sent at the conclusion of the Live auction.
The live auction will be held at NCJWA Hall, Level 1/111 Queen Street, Woollahra NSW 2025 on Sunday 26 February commencing at 6pm.
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Timed online auction
The following lots (78–388) will be sold by way of a timed online auction that will start to close on Monday 27 February 2023. Viewing for these lots will be the same as for the live auction and are all illustrated online at artvisory.com.au
A large and decorative Tibetan painted wood trunk
146cm wide, 46cm deep, 70cm high $600–800
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A modern gilt-wood lamp with parchment shade
72cm high
$80–120
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An armchair covered in faun fabric with timber legs and brass casters
92cm high, 72cm wide, 82cm deep
$500–800
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A small Chinese circular softwood occasional table 52cm high, 35cm diameter
$200–300
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A Chinese rectangular hardwood and cane-topped coffee table 170cm long, 80cm wide, 46cm high $300–500
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An orange and yellow swirled glass bowl 29cm diameter, 14cm high
WENDY CERNAK (AUSTRALIAN, ACTIVE BRISBANE 1980s & 1990s) Nightmare gouache on paper signed lower right 40 x 57cm
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WENDY CERNAK (AUSTRALIAN, ACTIVE BRISBANE 1980s & 1990s) Two Nuns gouache on paper signed lower left
x 61cm
A pair of small Chinese painted stone and carved wood table screens
91
A large and very good quality sofa with turned legs and brass casters covered in camel suede fabric 230cm wide, 84cm high, 96cm deep $1,500–2,500
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ROSS YULIDJIRRI
Rainbow serpent, circa 1995 natural ochres on paper 56 x 38cm
PROVENANCE
Oenpelli Arnhem land $80–120
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Two Tiwi Islands fish traps 74cm high and 18cm diameter and 58cm high 14cm diameter $100–200
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A pair of cast iron pineapple form doorstops 35cm high
$120–180
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ARTIST UNKNOWN
A Tiwi bird
A well carved oak serving table, English, circa 1880
high, 137cm wide, 56cm deep $400–600
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An Asian red lacquered circular box and cover formed of three circular concentric boxes 26cm diameter, 10cm high
A Chinese reticulated front two door sidecabinet 101cm high, 95cm wide, 46cm deep $400–700
natural ochres on iron bark 55cm high
PROVENANCE
Alcaston Gallery Melbourne $100–200
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$100–200 84
$80–120 85
$200–300
$200–300 87 A
60cm wide, 42cm deep $120–180 88
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cast-iron fire basket
23cm
12cm wide, 10cm deep $150–250 89
high,
131cm
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A pair of Chinese Ming style painted pottery and green glazed figures of men
A turned wood and caned colonial armchair 85cm high, 58cm wide, 68cm deep
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An Indonesian incised and decorated coconut wood mask 7cm combine
A blue painted ukulele
A cane armchair with faun fabric covered cushion seat 85cm wide, 87cm high, 81cm deep
A pair of large brass urn form table lights
A Thai polychrome painted figure of Buddha
high
A pair of folding wooden games tables
high, 80cm square
A silvered metal box and cover in the form of a pear
A large cast metal ovoid planter with four hanging loops approx 65cm high
A large Moroccan red glazed metal mounted vase and cover
natural ochres on carved milkwood
high, 15cm wide
A large metal bottle cage
An Indonesian Kris handle in the form of an elderly man
A Moroccan metal and ceramic shard vase and
An Australian studio pottery vase
A large blue and green-glazed urn
high
A large studio pottery vase with seahorse form handles 40cm high
Two metal gong form temple bells
A Moroccan metal and ceramic shard pot and
A circular stone bowl with decorated stone
An Oceanic metal coiled wire sculpture
A reconstituted stone figure of a gremlin 40cm high
A large ottoman covered in kilim with wooden feet
A large bronze temple bell from Bangladesh
A brass table bell
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25cm high $200–400 97
$20–40 98
83cm
$200–300 99
high
64cm
$200–400 100
18cm
$10–20 101
high
34cm
$30–50 102
20cm diameter $50–100 103
long
eggs 21cm
$20–40 104
diameter
$200–300
105
$150–250
106
$200–400
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65cm
$200–400 108
$300–500 109
65cm high $200–400 110
cover 55cm high $150–250 111
cover 35cm high $120–180 112
14cm high $20–40
$10–30
Figure
$300–500
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65cm
115
$40–60
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19cm
$20–40
high
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58cm
$150–250
118
$80–120
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$50–100 120
36cm
$200–400
26cm $10–20 37
high
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Three carved black-stone heads of Buddha 12cm-20cm high
$100–200
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A bronze model of an ancient Corinthian helmet
28cn high, 45cm high with stand
$400–600
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A brass Corinthian column table light 78cm high with shade
$120–180
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A carved oak side table, French, 18th century 97cm wide, 66cm deep, 74cm high
$400–600
126
PAUL JURASZEK
A gilt metal sculpture of a woman headed mythical beast on marble base 25cm across the wings, 15cm high with black stone base
$300–500
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INDIGENOUS ARTIST UNKNOWN
Bird natural ochres on wood 128cm high
$100–200
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JEZEBRUFF KABRADINSKY
coloured gilt and textured print on paper signed in pencil
Paper size 19 x 19cm
$60–100
129
An antique wash jug and basin 25cm high, 40cm diameter
$80–120
130
A Georgian style mahogany two pillar dining table
274cm long, 76cm high, 112cm wide $400–700
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A set of 10 George IV style dining chairs with yellow velvet seats 86cm high
$1,200–1,800
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A decorative terrestrial globe drinks cabinet 98cm high, 64cm diameter
$300–500
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A four-piece silver-plated tea and coffee service Coffee pot 21cm high $80–120
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A pair of silver-plated candlesticks
18cm high
$40–60
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A Tasmanian blackwood circular condiment box and cover, a set of place weights and a tapered conical wooden vase. box 11cm diameter, vase 31cm high $20–40
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A bronzed metal Baroque style five branch candelabrum 49cm high $60–80 137
A cut glass mallet shaped decanter circa 1910 26cm high
139
An Edwardian inlaid mahogany two-door display cabinet English circa 1900 160cm high, 107cm wide, 39cm deep $400–700
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Various decorative china $100–200
141
Various silver-plated wares $60–100
142
A pair of large modern wooden floor candlesticks approx. 127cm high $100–200
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An oak bureau carved with portraits, Continental, circa 1900 94cm high, 69cm wide, 42cm deep
144
A bronzed metal figure of a seated Mao Zedong 20cm high
145
A set of two-colour metal fire tools on stand approx. 92cm high $80–120
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A set of four bentwood kitchen stools by Thonet 69cm high $300–500
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A Villeroy and Boch Auden Firme 12 place setting dinner service $500–1,000
A wooden step stool 50cm high, 37cm wide $20–40
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$40–60
$200–400
$80–120
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A Morrocan blue,brown and green painted glazed ovoid vase, signed to base 31cm high
$60–100
150
A set of six bentwood dining chairs by Thonet backs 90cm high, seats 40cm diameter $800–1,200
151
DAVID GEORGE ROSE (1936-2005)
Bateau Bay VI
limited edition lithograph signed and numbered in pencil 80cm high, 42cm wide
$60–100
152
An antique oak farmhouse table, French, 18th century 170cm long, 84cm wide, 74cm high
$600–900
153
Don’t get Mad Get Elected
A framed promotional poster
$40–60
154
THOMAS VALE SLATTERY
Diptych printed paper and wax on canvas signed and dated 95 to verso each 17 x 39cm
$60–100
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An antique carved stone panel with three pierced gothic windows 137cm wide, 55cm high, 16cm deep
$600–1,000
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Description coming. Please check online.
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Description coming. Please check online.
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A pair of terracotta ribbed ovoid garden urns with shrubs 51cm high, 42cm diameter
$300–500
159
A pair of circular reconstituted stone and metal banded garden urns 48cm high, 60cm diameter $500–800
160
A wood and metal framed five tier storage rack 160cm high, 92cm wide, 54cm deep $150–250
161
A wicker two handled basket 78cm wide, 48cm high
$80–120
162
A Sepik painted and shell inlaid bird and woman figure 44cm high
$100–200
163
A carved hardwood Oceanic island turtle 45cm long
$80–120
164
An African green painted and carved wood mask with lizards 90cm high
$40–100
165
Two Ashanti beaded and carved wood masks 55cm and 32cm high
$100–200
166
A wooden trunk by David Bromley decorated with comic book prints 56cm high, 72cm wide, 48cm deep
$100–200
167
Reuben Price Raglan NZ Sepia photograph,titled and signed in pencil to margin
16 x 25cm
$50–100
168
A small framed Japanese woodblock and another small framed picture
$50–100
169
THOMAS VALE SLATTERY
Serpent Goddess oil on paper signed, titled and dated 77 lower left 16 x 12cm
$100–200
170
A woven natural fibre rug 200 x 146cm
$100–200
171
A North-African woven textile adorned with worked metal pieces frame 50 x 44cm
$20–60
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An African carved wood mask of a woman, 34cm high
$40–60
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A shaped rectangular wall mirror with circular bosses around the frame
84cm high, 52cm wide
$80–120
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An African metal clad wooden mask 60cm high
$40–60
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Description coming. Please check online.
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A black painted cast metal stick and umbrella stand
70cm high
$60–100
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A carved wood tribal mask 60cm high $40–60
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A carved stone effect sculpture with incised lines
34cm high, 22cm wide, on stand
$50–100
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A small red ground Persian design rug
128 x 73cm
$100–200
180
A modern shell inlaid carved wood Maori paddle 148cm long $100–200
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A Persian Tekke design blue ground wool-pile rug
190 x 130cm
$100–200
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A pair of carved oak marble top bedside tables, French, circa 1900 86cm high, 38cm wide
$150–200
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A carved oak double bed, French, circa 1900 140cm wide, 220cm long
$200–400
184
A white marble topped washtand, French, circa 1900 125cm wide, 60cm deep, 73cm high
$150–200
185
NZ Artist Three ceramic fern frond sculptures, green, white and brown glazed 25cm, 25cm, 36cm high $100–200
186
BRUNO GRASSWILL
Two and QT Three Abstract oil on paper signed, dated 2014 and titled to margin
17 x 12cm
$100–200
187
A pair of French gilt-metal three branch table lights 80cm high $120–180
188
An unusual woolpile rug with flatweave borders 160 x 92cm
$100–200
189
A modern green painted framed 'To Do' daily blackboard
110cm high, 65cm wide
$50–80
190
A modern Chinese walnut framed rectangular dressing mirror
154cm tall, 44cm wide
$50–80
191
A red glazed vase form table light with shade approx. 72cm high
$80–120
192
A Papuan headdress and apron in shells, dyed grasses and bone various dimensions
$120–180
193
A faun-toned natural fibre floor rug 370 x 220cm $100–200
194
A large flatweave rug from Indonesia 270 x 260cm
$100–200
195
Description coming. Please check online.
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A modern Chinese walnut framed rectangular dressing mirror
154cm tall, 44cm wide
$50–80
197
WENDY CERNAK
Views of Highgate Hill
Four ink drawings
28.5 x 20cm
$100–200
198
Description coming. Please check online.
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Description coming. Please check online.
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Mark Dean Tibetan village gouache on paper signed with artists seal 13 x 19cm $20–40
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IVY MINNIECON AND CASSANDRA CAIRNS
Jawun logo 2010 acrylic on canvas 52 x 52cm
$80–120
203 LISA ANDERSON abstract oil and mixed media on canvas 35 x 35cm $80–120
204 Djirrirra Foliage screen print signed and numbered 23/50 to margin – Djirrirra Wunungmurra?? $80–120
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THOMAS VALE SLATTERY Warrior watercolour on paper 41 x 23cm $80–120
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CHINESE SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Two laughing men oil on canvas 63 x 53cm $200–400
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MICHAEL A RICHECOEUER (B.1946) White Triangle Etching
signed, titled and dated 1970 and numbered E8/12 to margin 34 x 54cm $60–120
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A Edwardian pine chest of drawers, Australian, circa 1910 90cm high, 93cm wide, 50cm deep $200–400
209
A Chinese red and gilt decorated bedside cabinet 60cm high, 40cm wide, 32cm deep
214
A bronze head of Buddha approx 28cm high
$60–100
215
A tribal polychrome painted and carved wood mask 60cm high
$100–200
216
THOMAS VALE SLATTERY
Portrait of a mans head oil on board signed lower left 41 x 30cm
$80–120
217
A chrome and black metal desk lamp 55cm high
A large Solomon Islands Indigenous woven wicker fish trap approx. 100cm high
$150–250
218
A Georgian style mahogany glazed front library bookcase 220cm high, 220cm wide, 48cm deep
SANDRA MICKELL (NEW ZEALAND, LATE 20TH/EARLY 21ST CENTURY)
Bedford Memories 2004 oil on canvas 55 x 70cm
PROVENANCE Letham Gallery, Ponsonby, Auckland
$200–400
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Three polished bronze heads of Buddha each approx 28cm high
$100–200
A hammered metal globular water vessel approx. 50cm high
$100–200
219
REUBEN PRICE (PIHA, NZ) photograph titled and signed in pencil to margin 16 x 24cm
$60–100
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A Persian style woolpile rug with geometric design 325 x 240cm
$200–400
221
A vintage galvanised steel and wood shelving unit
191cm high, 100cm wide, 40cm deep $150–250
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$120–180 210
$80–120 211
$400–700 212
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An Australian red-gum rectangular dining table, 19th century with pull out bread slide to one end 214cm long, 95cm deep, 76cm high
$400–700
223
A set of six bentwood dining chairs by Thonet 88cm high, 40cm diameter
$500–800
224
An Alessi plated circular fruit bowl 31cm diameter
$200–400
225
A tribal carved wood ink box 26cm long
$20–30
226
A Chinese white resin hand bookend
20cm high
$20–40
227
A modern Asian five shelf bookcase or shelving unit
215cm high, 115cm wide, 34cm deep
$400–600
228
A green and grey striped linen covered three seater settee, 280cm long, 100cm deep, 64cm high
$300–500
229
A modern faun coloured woven wool-pile carpet
370 x 360cm
$300–500
230
A modern Asian softwood cabinet perfect for a TV
180cm long, 50cm deep, 50cm high
$200–400
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A wing- armchair with brown linen covers 97cm high, 90cm wide, 90cm deep
$150–250
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A large modern marble top and wood rectangular coffee table 140cm long, 90cm wide, 44cm high
$200–400
233
A circular coral painted metal tray 42cm diameter
$40–60
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A carved wood tribal style table 60cm high, 42cm diameter
$50–100
235
A Kosta Boda cobalt blue glass vase 20cm high
$100–200
236
Two small metal heads of Buddha approx 11cm high
$20–40
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A modern oak and metal circular occasional table
54cm high, 50cm diameter
$150–200
238
A wooden trunk by David Bromley decorated with comic book prints 66cm wide, 42cm deep, 46cm high
$150–250
239
A modern limed oak bureau/shelving unit 212cm high, 118cm wide, 50cm deep
$400–700
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A red-ground Persian rug 218 x 170cm
$200–400
241
A white painted bentwood hallstand 185cm high
$120–180
242
A woven plastic wicker effect laundry basket 61cm high, 41cm wide
$20–40
243
A bronze effect modern metal table light 60cm high
$20–40
244
A pair of folding metal side tables 40cm square, 70cm high
$50–100
245
A double-bed 180 x 130cm
$50–100
246
A large wooden wine rack 184 x 200cm
$100–200
247
A modern acrylic three legged table 50cm diameter, 36cm high
$80–120
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A wing armchair buttoned and upholstered in blue velvet,with brass castors
110cm high, 87cm wide, 75cm deep
$800–1,200
249
A wing armchair buttoned and upholstered in waterbird and plant patterned fabric,with brass castors
110cm high, 86cm wide, 75cm deep
$800–1,200
250
An Asian bronze rain drum as a side table 45cm high, 42cm diameter
$400–600
251
A Chinese softwood trunk with metal fittings and handles
94cm wide, 58cm deep, 43cm high
$200–400
252
A Samsung flat-screen TV and Sony sound bar screen 110 x 62cm
$500–800
253
A Chinese Tang painted grey pottery figure of courtesans
26cm high on stand
With Ralf Kotalla Laboratory Stuttgart
Thermoluminiscence report. No 04G230414
$400–700
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A Victorian cast-iron and brass fender 120cm wide, 28cm deep
$150–250
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A two-seater settee covered in camel brown woven fabric, 230cm wide, 98cm deep, 96cm high
$1,500–2,000
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A mustard coloured zig-zag weave natural fibre carpet
irregular but approx. 465 x 605cm
$800–1,200
257
A Solomon Islands shell inlaid hardwood chief's staff
118cm long
$150–200
258
A large red ground Persian design woolpile rug 320 x 206cm
$300–500
259
An Indian painted and carved wood trunk 46cm high, 115cm long, 42cm deep
$150–200
260
A TCL flat screen TV 90 x 50cm
$300–500
261
Charles Blackman by David Bromley Alice in wonderland shoe and window,needlework and watercolour on linen 30cm high, 35cm wide
$200–400
262
Charles Blackman by David Bromley
Schoolgirls, needlework and watercolour on linen, woven signature
27.5 x 38cm
$200–400
263
A Persian style blue tekke design woolpile rug 155 x 95cm
$150–200
264
A Persian gold ground tree-of-life rug 250 x 200cm
$400–700
265
ADRIAN MOFFATT
Face-figure study
water-based paints on dark grey paper signed 27.5 x 27.5cm
$100–200
266
WENDY CERNAK Batolli
watercolour on paper signed and dated 1988 lower right 40 x 35cm
$100–200
267
A pair of Chinese hardwood clothes stands 150cm high
$80–120
268
WENDY CERNAK
Vienna Museum
watercolour and mixed media signed 30 x 42cm
$80–120
269
A double bed 200 x 150cm
$100–200
270
A Chinese yellow and gilt bedside cabinet 60cm high, 40cm wide, 30cm deep
$120–180
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A chrome and black angle-poise table-lamp 53cm high
$80–120
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A silver egg shaped box, two middle eastern worked metal boxes and a pair of ankle bracelets
18.5 and 20cm wide
$150–200
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A Chinese hardwood dressing mirror 150cm high
$60–100
274
A York Z16 fitness machine 140cm high, 170cm long $150–250
275
A stained glass gilt metal ceiling light, French, 19th century together with a small black metal exterior lantern approx. 60cm high and 20cm squared, small lantern 33cm high $200–300
276
A modern wood and metal two-drawer bedside chest
44cm high, 60cm wide, 42cm deep $50–100
277
LISA ANDERSON
Its all too beautiful gilt and oil with seed pearls on canvas signed, titled and dated 2007 to verso
25.5 x 25.5cm
$100–200 278
An Indian painted hexagonal occasional table 60cm high, 42cm wide $200–400 279
A leather pouffe
diameter
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An Infiniti Total Trainer fitness system 115cm high, 210cm long
A chrome Toilet stand
high
A Pandanus leaf basket 32cm diameter, 6cm high
A bronze sculpture of a horse after the antique 37cm high and with marble base 40cm high
288
An archaistic carved stone vessel made to imitate an ancient Chinese jade 19cm high $100–200
289
An archaistic carved stone vessel made to imitate an ancient Chinese jade vase 28cm high $100–200
290
A large Sepik painted wicker,grass feather and shell encrusted cane headdress 85cm high $150–250
291
A contemporary sculpture of a red lacquered Mao inspired boy 28cm high
An African carved and metal and bone adorned figure 58cm high, metal stand
An Indonesian nail and wood Tribal figure 56cm high check
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WENDY CERNAK Eve gouache signed and dated 89 66 x 49cm $200–400
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An oak revolving library chair, circa 1910 83cm high, 62cm wide $150–250
A tribal flat weave rug 150 x 91cm
An indigenous PNG craft woven wicker basket 46cm diameter
A black metal and mesh fireguard 81cm high, approx. 120cm wide
A coopered oak bucket 33cm high, approx 30cm diameter
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50cm
$50–100
$100–200
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72cm
$60–100
282 ARTIST UNKNOWN
$80–120 283
$150–250 284
$200–400 285
$300–500
$40–60
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$40–100 293
$100–200 294
$50–100
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A set of four photographic prints, Woman and child, I take but I surrender, The Eora Family, Young Truganini-all 2003 digital imaging prints on paper each 18 x 18cm
$100–200
297
Description coming. Please check online.
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DJALO GURROWIWI
Didgeridoo ochre on wood 141cm high
PROVENANCE
Nambara Arts, cat. no. A1583
$100–200
299
MABEL LANGERRANGA (B.1949)
Fish trap natural reeds
137cm long
PROVENANCE
Maningrida Arts and Culture, 2315-06 $100–200
300
A pair of cast-iron doorstops in the form of Punch and Judy, English, 19th century 28–30cm high
$200–400
301
A black acrylic angle-poise desk lamp approx. 55cm high
$10–20
302
Urban aboriginal artist Glass shield 59 x 20cm $800–1,200
303
MICHAEL LONG
Camping at Night, Melville Island, 1999/2000 polymer paint on paper 57 x 76cm
PROVENANCE
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, No AK 197 $200–400
304
A cast-iron doorstop in the form of a hound, by Hollcroft, English, 19th century 15cm
$150–250
305
A rare Australian Gothic meat-safe, circa 1875 with remains of the original red painted and crocodiled patina
125cm high, 108cm wide, 40cm deep $800–1,200
306
An orange upholstered revolving office chair $100–200
307
A cast-iron doorstop in the form of man with a large nose standing, English, 19th century 28cm
$100–200
308
A cast-iron doorstop in the form of witch at the stake, English 19th, century 31cm
$200–400
309
THOMAS VALE SLATTERY
Nile Barge mixed media 59 x 74cm
$150–200
310
A cast-iron doorstop in the form of a lion with a snake, English, 19th century
29cm
$200–400
311
An Egyptian revival Thebes stool, Liberty's style, circa 1900 38cm high, 42cm wide
$300–500
312
HELEN HOOPER
Anatomy (pear)
oil on board signed upper left and dated 05, titled to verso 40 x 29.5cm
$200–300
313
THOMAS VALE SLATTERY
Cape study II
oil on canvas signed, titled and dated 2008 to verso 32 x 25cm
$100–200
314
THOMAS VALE SLATTERY Devil collage signed and dated 81 80 x 100cm
$100–200
315
A signed red Everlast boxing glove in glass case frame with label for Muhammad Ali case size 64 x 53cm
$100–200
316
A vintage bamboo armchair, French, circa 1920
$300–500
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WENDY CERNAK
Brisbane
gouache and watercolour on paper signed lower right
48.5 x 35.5cm
$100–200
318
WENDY HEATH
Traveller mixed media on paper signed lower left and dated 1993
45 x 32cm
$100–200
319
ROBERT DAVIDSON
Untitled
acrylic and mixed media on board 36 x 41cm
$200–400
320
A collection of three ceramic and glass hen and guinea-fowl form tureens and decorations
$200–400
321
JOANNE KASPARI
Portrait of Ann Sherry oil on canvas signed and dated 97 lower right 133 x 92cm
$200–400
322
THOMAS VALE SLATTERY
Untitled – Face and Apples oil & pastel on paper signed lower right
21 x 28cm
$100–200
323
HUGH MASON
The level playing field oil on board signed and dated 94 lower right 122 x 90cm
$200–400
324
A Masai beaded necklace, African, 20th century framed and glazed approx 115cm long, 23cm wide
$200–300
325
A Tekke design red woolpile runner 295 x 62 cm
$100–200
326
A photographic print on canvas Solomon islands canoeists 100 x 66cm
$20–40
327
A framed reproduction of the Treaty of Waitangi approx 57 x 36cm
$20–40
328
An engraved Benares brass circular tray top table, with folding and carved wood stand, Indian/North African, 19th century 57.5cm diameter, 55cm high
$400–600
329
A very decorative Japanese laquer and bronze mounted small cabinet on stand, Meiji period (1868-1912)
$600–800
330
A walnut and iron Spanish provincial trestle style rectangular table, 17th century 140cm long, 90cm wide, 75cm high $1,500–2,500
331
Two matched walnut tray top bedside tables, French provincial, 18th/19th century 75cm high, 44cm wide, 30cm deep
$800–1,200
332
A Louis XV style ebonised and parquetry inlaid chess table, French, 19th century 82cm high, 78cm wide, 73cm deep
$1,200–1,800
333
A good large pair of vintage tan leather wing armchairs, French, circa 1950
$3,000–5,000
334
A set of five decorative coats-of-arms on card, French, 19th century
70cm high
$500–700
335
A fine quality iron and glass circular top dining table by Jean Major, French ironworker of art, Laureate of the twelfth National Work Exhibition in 1968
72.5cm high, 138.5cm diameter
$1,000–2,000
336
A pretty wrought-iron magazine rack, French, circa 1920
45cm long, 35cm high
$250–350
337
A pretty painted rectangular dressing or side table, French, circa 1950
78cm high, 100cm wide
$500–800
338
A set of four unusual ladder back armchairs, Italian or French design, circa 1950
89cm high, 61cm deep, 53cm wide
$500–1,000
317
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A vintage French metal twin handled storage or log bin
49cm high, 58cm diameter
$400–700
340
A Chinese softwood opium bed (Coffee table), early 20th century
$1,000–1,500
341
A Louis XVI period marquetry and marble-top straight-front commode, French, circa 1780 86cm high, 98cm wide, 56cm deep
$1,500–2,000
342
A Louis XVI style brass mounted walnut bureau-plat, French, circa 1900 76cm high, 139cm wide, 72cm deep
$1,000–1,500
343
A brass adjustable reading floor light, French manufacture, 20th century 136cm high
$400–700
344
A wonderfully aged fruitwood work bench from the Savoie region, French provincial, 18th/19th century
$2,000–3,000
345
A Louis XV period walnut tray top love-heart bedside table, French Provincial, circa 1760 69cm high, 34cm wide, 26cm deep
$600–1,000
346
A decorative carved and partially painted limewood chest of two long drawers, French or Italian, circa 1950 79cm high, 122cm wide, 50cm deep
$500–800
347
A vintage French bentwood and woven resin bistro table
91cm diameter, 76cm high
$300–500
348
A pair of brass and iron andirons with ball and acorn finails, 19th century 45cm high
$150–250
349
A Georgian brass and wire fire surround, English, circa 1820 70cm high, 97cm wide
$300–500
350
A Georgian pine and glazed front corner cupboard with blue cut glass, English, circa 1820
95cm wide, 63cm deep, 60cm high
$1,500–2,000
351
A good quality Tasmanian blackwood captain's bow chair, Australian, 19th century
$600–1,000
352
A Chinese Ming or Yuan dynasty small pear-shaped vase, 12th-14th century
15.5cm high
$400–600
353
A pair of good quality cane tub shaped patio chairs
80cm high, 65cm long, 46cm deep $400–600
354
A pair of good quality cane tub shaped patio chairs
80cm high, 65cm long, 46cm deep
$400–600
355
A pair of good quality cane tub shaped patio chairs
80cm high, 65cm long, 46cm deep $400–600
356
A pair of good quality cane tub shaped patio chairs
80cm high, 65cm long, 46cm deep
$400–600
357
A pair of good quality cane tub shaped patio chairs 80cm high, 65cm long, 46cm deep $400–600
358
A blonde wood gentleman's valet stand, circa 1950 109cm high $200–400
359
An exceptional etched and jewelled glass octagonal wall mirror, Venetian circa 1900 92.5cm high, 73cm wide $600–1,000
360
A walnut and marquetry marble top table, Louis XVI style, French, circa 1820 76cm high, 84cm wide, 65cm deep $1,500–2,000
361
A wonderful large fruitwood and walnut serving table, Portuguese, 17th century style, 19th century
78cm high, 156cm wide, 81cm deep $3,000–5,000
362
An unpolished walnut bedside table, French, 19th century
70cm high, 37cm wide, 32cm deep
$200–300
339
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363
A finely carved walnut cassone, Italian, 17th century
55.5cm high, 172cm wide, 55.8cm deep
$3,000–5,000
364
A white-painted bentwood coat-stand, probably Thonet, Austrian, circa 1905
$300–500
365
A pair of very decorative Trompe-l'œil decorated small bedside tables, French, 19th century
77cm high, 41cm wide, 33cm deep
$1,500–2,500
366
A very decorative faux-marble and multi-tone grey painted sideboard, French, 19th century
93cm high, 136cm wide, 54cm deep
$800–1,200
367
A Louis XVI style leather bookspine, marquetry and breccia marble bedside table, French, circa 1900
77cm high, 42cm wide, 30cm deep
$600–1,000
368
A Georgian style metamorphic library table/set of step ladders, French, circa 1900
49cm high, 64cm wide
$800–1,200
369
A large blue and white transfer-printed Willow pattern meat dish, English, circa 1860 45cm wide, 36cm deep
$150–200
370
A blue and white transfer-printed Willow pattern meat dish, English, circa 1860 39cm wide, 31cm deep
$120–180
371
A blue and white transfer-printed Willow pattern meat dish, English, circa 1860 39cm wide, 31cm deep
$120–180
372
A blue and white transfer-printed Willow pattern meat dish, English, circa 1860 39cm wide, 31cm deep
$120–180
373
A large Vintage French blue-painted oval two handed zinc tub (use as a wine bucket or towel bin)
$200–400
374
Four Ming blue and white bowls from the Bin Thuan cargo, 23984, 33958, Chinese trade wares, 16th century 20cm diameter, 9cm high
PROVENANCE
Christie's, Melbourne, 1/2 March 2004
The Bin Thuan Cargo
$400–600
375
Four Ming blue and white bowls from the Bin Thuan cargo, 50146/19622, 46390, 51378. Chinese trade wares, 16th century 20cm diameter, 9cm high
PROVENANCE
Christie's, Melbourne, 1/2 March 2004
The Bin Thuan Cargo
$400–600
376
Two Ming blue and white bowls from the Bin Thuan cargo and various other 'Kitchen Ming' trade wares, one bowl Lot no 11179 Chinese trade wares, 16th century bowls 20cm diameter
PROVENANCE
Christie's, Melbourne, 1/2 March 2004
The Bin Thuan Cargo
$300–500
377
An Anhua dragon-decorated pale celadon six compartment food box in the Song style, 14cm high, 11cm diameter
$200–400
378
JENNY
Maori inspired necklace
A glass, metal and natural fibre wall sculpture approx, 98cm wide, 50cm high
$400–600
END OF SALE
MCLEOD (NZ)
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Notes
A New Auction Concept
Arts of the Middle East
RIGHT
A fine Amritsar carpet, Indian, late 19th century
474 x 347cm
PROVENANCE
Australia
Artvisory is proud to announce a stylish and new auction concept — Exceptional in Australia.
This auction category is open to all disciplines and will showcase the very best that is available for auction in this country encompassing the following fields: Arts of the Middle-East, British Art and Applied Arts, Fine Chinese, Japanese and Asian works of Art, Australian Indigenous Arts, European Silver and objet d’art, Australian History and Art.
Exceptional in Australia offers a unique, curated auction structure with suitable entries being defined as an artwork or an object that is truly exceptional for its quality
and/or rarity. These items will be catalogued in depth and showcased within a beautifully published catalogue and marketed at the highest level throughout Australia, the UK, Europe, North-America and Asia.
Artvisory’s specialists are the most experienced in their fields and will collaborate together for this annual auction that will be unlike any other auction held before in Australia.
We invite you to take part in our inaugural Exceptional in Australia auction and encourage you to contact our specialists who are available to visit you privately at your home or assist with your enquiry via email or telephone.
The Property of the family of a Maharajah now living in
European Furniture
BELOW
A superb and rare George I scarlet lacquer bureau bookcase, English, circa 1730
215cm high, 100cm wide, 59cm deep
PROVENANCE
From the collection of Mr and Mrs P. HackforthJones, Melbourne Literature Antiques in Australia from Private Collections, John Rogan, Illustrated
Himalayan and South-East Asian Art
ABOVE
A very fine and rare Nepalese bronze parcel-gilt figure of Tara, 9th-10th century
the heavily bejeweled figure standing in tribhanga on a round lotus pedestal with a ring for attachment to a shrine, the right hand in varada mudra, the left in kataka mudra holding the stalk of the lotus (Padma) the flower upon the left shoulder, wearing a transparent robe and a three-leaf crown
25.4cm high
REFERENCE
see Hugo Munsterburg Scupture of the Orient, NY, 1972, p. 31 for a very similar Tara in the British Museum
Indigenous Arts
RIGHT
EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE (CIRCA 1910–1996)
Summer Rains on Alalgura, 1991
acrylic on Belgium linen
130 x 230cm
PROVENANCE
Delmore Gallery, Northern Territory, catalogue reference IS06
Formerly in the Collection of Ross Clarke, Brisbane
European Works of Art
LEFT
A large carved and gilded polychrome lamentation, probably North German, early 16th century
119cm high, 90cm wide, 22cm deep
PROVENANCE
Graham Cornall Antiques, Melbourne
British Art
ABOVE
HENRY MOORE, BRITISH (1898-1986)
Helmet
bronze
Head, 1960
29.5cm high
This bronze sculpture was cast around 1960 from a version made in lead in 1950. It was from a series of works that addressed the theme of protection through the form of a helmet and would have been influenced by Moore’s experiences of fighting in the trenches during the First World War.
Australian Art
BELOW
BRETT WHITELEY (1939–1992)
The Turquoise Prince oil on board and collage signed brett whiteley 79 with Japanese character lower right and inscribed; ‘I don’t see him often but the turquoise prince on his occasion fishlessly flows past my garden’ 82 x 103cm
PROVENANCE
Brett Whiteley exhibition ‘Birds’ at Robin Gibson Gallery, Church street, Surry Hills, Sydney, 1979 Mr & Mrs Denis Ryan, Sydney Private Collection, Sydney
Fine Chinese, Japanese & Asian Works of Art
LEFT
A superb and rare Imperial Chinese giltbronze figure of Avalokitesvara, Xuande mark and period, 1426-1435
The jewelled and crowned Bodhisattva seated in “lalitasana”, on a double-lotus throne, with one foot resting on a lotus flower, the right hand in “varada” mudra, a tiny image of Amitabha within the crown, each hand holding a fully opened lotus, adorned with beaded necklaces, pendant earrings and bracelets, the throne engraved with a six character mark, the gilt base sealed with an incised visavajra 26.5cm high, base 17cm wide
European Silver & Objet d’art
RIGHT
An outstanding set of four George IV silver wine-coolers, Benjamin Smith, London, 1808 of heavy gauge and of classic campagna shape, with reeded borders and each with matching coats-of-arms, the loop handles terminating in lion masks 36cm high
Australian History
LEFT
An important museum quality ships cabin trunk, Australian red cedar and whale bone with rope and leather handles, early 19th century 56cm high, 100.5cm wide, 50cm deep
International Art
BELOW
ANDY WARHOL
Mick Jagger, 1975
one plate (F. & S. II.147) colour screen print on Arches Aquarelle signed in pencil by the artist and in felt–tip pen by Mick Jagger numbered 136/250 published by Seabird Editions, London, ink stamp to verso 110.5 x 73.3cm
PROVENANCE
Formerly in The Collection of Martyn Cook and Thomas Hamel
Specialists
Arts of the Middle East & Historic Textiles
Susan Scollay PhD FRAS +61 418 175 694
Indigenous Australian Art
Shaun Dennison +61 410 501 857
Chinese and Asian Arts
Luke Guan +61 455 891 888
Australian and International Art and Decorative Arts
Paul Sumner +61 412 337 827
European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Sandy Bruce +61 421 920 387
Email enquiries: mail@artvisory.com.au
310 Toorak Road South Yarra Victoria 3141 +61 3 9826 4039 | www.artvisory.com.au
Images used in this brochure are illustrative of the type of items we are seeking only.
Artvisory Galleries 310 Toorak Road South Yarra Victoria 3141
Notes
John Dunn Antiques Premises For Sale
1431 Malvern Road, Malvern, Melbourne.
GormanKelly is pleased to offer 1431 Malvern Road, Malvern for sale by Expressions of Interest, closing Wednesday 15th March at 2pm. The property which has been occupied by John Dunn Antiques since its inception in 1958, is now being offered to the market with vacant possession. We believe the most outstanding aspects of this property include:
• Two level retail premises of 330sqm* with rear loading access via a laneway
• Land Area: 196sqm* / Zoned Commercial 1
• Highly sought after and desirable location near the Tooronga Road intersection
• Only moments from High Street Armadale (1.6km), Glenferrie Road Malvern (1.8km*) and Burke Road Camberwell retail precincts (3.4km*)
• Easy access to major thoroughfares including the Monash Freeway / CityLink, High Street, Wattletree Road and the Princess Highway
• Well serviced by public transport with trams at the doorstep and Tooronga Train Station only 500m* away.
If you have any queries, would like to arrange for an inspection or request an Information Memorandum, please feel free to contact Exclusive selling agents
GormanKelly:
Nick Breheny 0411 601 730
nbreheny@gormankelly.com.au
Robert Kelly 0418 655 242 rkelly@gormankelly.com.au
ENTRIES INVITED Fine Chinese & Asian Art
Enquiries Luke Guan luke@artvisory.com.au 0455 891 888
Auctions in 2023 Illustrated: A rare Chinese moulded ding ‘Mandarin ducks in lotus’ dish, Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) Est $25,000–35,000. Sold: AUD $124,000 (inc.BP) 65
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I authorise Artvisory to register bids on a per lot basis up to the maximum price I have indicated for each lot. I will not hold Artvisory responsible for any errors that occur. I understand that if my bid is successful, the purchase price will be the sum of my final bid plus the buyer’s premium of 24% plus GST of the final hammer price plus any GST payable on the hammer price, as indicated in the catalogue. GST will be charged on the buyer’s premium. If the lot is denoted by the † symbol, GST will be charged the whole amount (hammer price + GST). If the Resale Royalty Scheme is applicable 5% will be charged on the hammer price only. The Resale Royalty Scheme is denoted by the § symbol in the catalogue. Your invoice will be emailed to the supplied email address immediately after the auction has finished and will contain all details pertaining to payment and collection.
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Please tick here if you do not want to receive special invitations and online auction catalogues by email. We value your privacy and will not disclose your details to any third party. You may request that your details are removed from our database at any time. If you have not previously purchased with Artvisory, please scan your photo ID (either a drivers licence or passport) and email
Telephone bids must be received by Artvisory no later than 24 hours prior to the commencement of the Auction. Once received, your bid will be confirmed by email.
I authorise Artvisory to register bids on a per lot basis up to the maximum price I have indicated for each lot. I will not hold Artvisory responsible for any errors that occur.
I understand that if my bid is successful, the purchase price will be the sum of my final bid plus the buyer’s premium of 24% plus GST of the final hammer price plus any GST payable on the hammer price, as indicated in the catalogue. GST will be charged on the buyer’s premium. If the lot is denoted by the † symbol, GST will be charged the whole amount (hammer price + GST). If the Resale Royalty Scheme is applicable 5% will be charged on the hammer price only. The Resale Royalty Scheme is denoted by the § symbol in the catalogue. Your invoice will be emailed to the supplied email address immediately after the auction has finished and will contain all details pertaining to payment and collection.
I have read and accepted Artvisory’s terms and conditions as printed in the catalogue and online at www.artvisory.com.au. Bids will not be processed unless this form is signed.
Auction Title: Name (please print clearly): Email Address (for invoicing & correspondence): Telephone (mobile): Telephone (home/work): Invoice address (PO Box not accepted): City State Post Code Country
Lot Number (in order) Catalogue Description (please print clearly) Cover Bid Not including buyer’s premium or GST (where applicable) A$ A$ A$ A$ A$ A$ A$ A$ A$ A$ A$
to accounts@artvisory.com.au
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Terms and Conditions of Sale
The terms and conditions of sale listed here contain the policies of Artvisory Pty Ltd. They are the terms on which Artvisory Pty Ltd and the Seller contract with the Buyer. They may be amended by printed Saleroom Notices or oral announcements made before and during the sale. By bidding at auction you agree to be bound by these terms.
1. Background to the Terms used in these Conditions
The conditions that are listed below contain terms that are used regularly and may need explanation. They are as follows:
“the Buyer” means the person with the highest bid accepted by the Auctioneer
“the Lot” means any item depicted within the sale for auction and in particular the item or items described against any lot number in the catalogue.
“the Hammer price” means the amount of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer in relation to a lot
“the Buyers Premium” means the charge payable by the Buyer to the auction house as a percentage of the hammer price.
“the Reserve” means the lowest amount at which Artvisory has agreed with the Seller that the lot can be sold.
“Forgery” means an item constituting an imitation originally conceived and executed as a whole, with a fraudulent intention to deceive as to authorship, origin, age, period, culture or source, where the correct description as to such matters is not reflected by the description in the catalogue. Accordingly no lot shall be capable of being a forgery by reason of any damage or restoration work of any kind (Including re-painting).
“the insured value” means the amount that Artvisory in its absolute discretion from time to time shall consider the value for which a lot should be covered for insurance (whether or not insurance is arranged by Artvisory.)
All values expressed in Artvisory Pty Ltd catalogues (in any format) are in Australian Dollars (AU$). All bids, “hammer price”, “reserves”, “Buyers Premium” and other expressions of value are understood by all parties to be in Australian Dollars (AU$) unless otherwise specified.
2. Artvisory Auctions as Agent
Except as otherwise stated Artvisory Pty Ltd acts as agent for the Seller.
The contract for the sale of the property is therefore made between the Seller and the Buyer.
3. Before the Sale
a) Examination of Property Prospective Buyers are strongly advised to examine in person any property in which they are interested before the Auction takes place. Neither Artvisory nor the Seller provides any guarantee in relation to the nature of the property apart from the Limited warranty in the paragraph below.
The property is otherwise sold “AS IS”
b) Catalogue and other Descriptions
All statements by Artvisory in the catalogue entry for the property or in the condition report, or made orally or in writing elsewhere, are statements of opinion and are not to be relied upon as statements of fact. Such statements do not constitute a representation, warranty or assumption of liability by Artvisory of any kind. References in the catalogue entry to the condition report to damage or restoration are for guidance only and should be evaluated by personal inspection by the bidder or a knowledgeable representative. The absence of such a reference does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Estimates of the selling price should not be relied on as a statement that this is the price at which the item will sell or it’s value for any other purpose. Neither Artvisory nor The Seller is responsible for any errors or omissions in the catalogue or any supplemental material. Images are measured height by width (sight size). Illustrations are provided only as a guide and should not be relied upon as a true representation of colour or condition. Images are not shown at a standard scale. Mention is rarely made of frames (which may be provided as supplementary images on the website) which do not form part of the lot as described in the printed catalogue.
Foreign buyers should note that all transactions are in Australian dollars so there may be a small exchange rate risk. The costs associated with acquiring a good certificate will be carried by the purchaser. If the item turns out to be forged or otherwise incorrectly described, all reasonable costs will be borne by the vendor.
c) Buyers Responsibility
All property is sold “as is” without representation or warranty of any kind by Artvisory or the Seller. Buyers are responsible for satisfying themselves concerning the condition of the property and the matters referred to in the catalogue by requesting a condition report
No lot to be rejected if, subsequent to the sale, it has been immersed in liquid or treated by any other process unless the Auctioneer’s permission to subject the lot to such immersion or treatment has first been obtained in writing.
4. At the Sale
a) Refusal of Admission
Artvisory reserves the right at our complete discretion to refuse admission to the auction premises or participation in any auction and to reject any bid.
b) Registration before Bidding
Any prospective new buyer must complete and sign a registration form and provide photo-identification before bidding. Artvisory may request bank, trade or other financial references to substantiate this registration.
c) Bidding as a Principal
When making a bid, a bidder is accepting personal liability to pay the purchase price including the buyers premium and all applicable taxes, plus all other applicable charges, unless it has been explicitly agreed in writing with Artvisory before the commencement of the sale that the bidder is acting as agent on behalf of an identified third party acceptable to Artvisory and that Artvisory will only look to the principal for payment.
d) International Registrations
All International clients not known to Artvisory will be required to scan through an accredited form of photo identification and pay a deposit at our discretion in cleared funds into Artvisory’s account at least 24 hours before the commencement of the auction. Bids will not be accepted without this deposit. Artvisory also reserves the right to request any additional forms of identification prior to registering an overseas bid. This deposit can be made using a credit card, however the balance of any purchase price in excess of $5,000 can not be charged to this card without prior arrangement.
This deposit is redeemable against any auction purchase.
e) Absentee bids
Artvisory will use reasonable efforts to execute written bids delivered to us AT LEAST 24 Hours before the sale for the convenience of those clients who are unable to attend the auction in person. If we receive identical written bids on a particular lot, and at the auction these are the highest bids on that lot, then the lot will be sold to the person whose written bid was received and accepted first. Execution of written bids is a free service undertaken subject to other commitments at the time of the sale and we do not accept liability for failing to execute a written bid or for errors or omissions which may arise. It is the bidder’s responsibility to check with Artvisory after the auction if they were successful. Unlimited or “Buy” bids will not be accepted.
f) Telephone bids
Priority will be given to overseas and interstate bidders. Please refer to the catalogue for the Telephone Bids form. Arrangements for this service must be confirmed AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR to the auction commencing. Artvisory accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any errors or failure to execute bids. In telephone bidding the buyer agrees to be bound by all terms and conditions listed here and accepts that Artvisory cannot be held responsible for any miscommunications in the process. The success of telephone bidding cannot be guaranteed due to circumstances that are unforeseen. Buyers should be aware of the risk and accept the consequences should contact be unsuccessful at the time of Auction. You must advise Artvisory of the lots in question and you will be assumed to be a buyer at the minimum price of 75% of estimate (ie. reserve) for all such lots. Artvisory will advise Telephone Bidders who have registered at least 24 hours before the auction of any relevant changes to descriptions, withdrawals or any other sale room notices.
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G) Online Bidding
Artvisory offers an online bidding service via Invaluable.com. When bidding online the buyer agrees to be bound by all terms and conditions listed here by Artvisory and agrees to pay any fees charged in regard to any purchases made via Invaluable.com. Artvisory accepts no responsibility for any errors, failure to execute bids or any other miscommunications regarding this process. It is the online bidder’s responsibility to ensure the accuracy of the relevant information regarding bids, lot numbers and contact details.
H) Reserves
Unless otherwise indicated, all lots are offered subject to a reserve, which is the confidential minimum price below which the Lot will not be sold. The reserve will not exceed the low estimate printed in the catalogue. The auctioneer may open the bidding on any Lot below the reserve by placing a bid on behalf of the Seller. The auctioneer may continue to bid on behalf of seller up to the amount of the reserve, either by placing consecutive bids or by placing bids in response to other bidders.
I) Auctioneers Discretion
The Auctioneer has the right at his absolute and sole discretion to refuse any bid, to advance the bidding in such a manner as he may decide, to withdraw or divide any lot, to combine any two or more lots and, in the case or error or dispute and whether during or after the sale, to determine the successful bidder, to continue the bidding, to cancel the sale or to re-offer and resell the item in dispute. If any dispute arises after the sale, then Artvisory’s sale record is conclusive.
J) Successful bid and passing of risk
Subject to the auctioneer’s discretion, the highest bidder accepted by the auctioneer will be the buyer and the striking of his hammer marks the acceptance of the highest bid and the conclusion of a contract for sale between the Seller and the Buyer. Risk and responsibility for the lot (including frames or glass where relevant) passes immediately to the Buyer.
K) Indicative Bidding steps, etc.
Artvisory reserves the right to refuse any bid, withdraw any lot from sale, to place a reserve on any lot and to advance the bidding according to the following, at the auctioneers discretion:
Increment Amount Dollar Range
$20 $0–$500
$50 $500–$1,000 $100 $1,000–$2,000 $200 $2,000–$5,000
$500 $5,000–$10,000
$1,000 $10,000–$20,000
$2,000 $20,000–$50,000
$5,000 $50,000–$100,000
$10,000 $100,000–$200,000
$20,000 $200,000–$500,000 $50,000 $500,000–$1,000,000
Absentee bids must follow these increments and any bids that don’t follow the steps will be rounded up to the nearest acceptable bid.
5. After the Sale
a) Buyers Premium
In addition to the hammer price, the buyer agrees to pay to Artvisory the buyer's premium. The buyer’s premium is 24% of the hammer price plus GST. (Goods and Services Tax) where applicable.
b) Payment and passing of title
The buyer must pay to the company trust account managed by KK Partners Pty Ltd Chartered Accountants the full amount due (comprising the hammer price, buyer's premium and any applicable taxes and GST) not later than 3 days after the auction date.
The buyer will not acquire title for the lot until Artvisory receives full payment in cleared funds, and no goods under any circumstances will be released without confirmation of cleared funds received. This applies even if the buyer wishes to send items interstate or overseas.
Payment can be made by direct transfer, cash (not exceeding $5,000AUD, if wishing to pay more than $5,000AUD then this must be deposited directly into the company trust account and bank receipt supplied) and Eftpos (please check your daily limit). Payments can also be made by credit card in person with a 1.3% (inc GST) merchant fee for Visa and Mastercard and 2% (inc GST) for American Express. Credit card payments where the card-holder is not present, can not be accepted unless a scanned image of the card and signature is supplied (that corresponds with the supplied signature on the bidding or registration forms). Personal cheques are only accepted with prior arrangement and funds must be cleared before goods will be released. Bank cheques are subject to three days clearance. The buyer is responsible for any bank fees and charges applicable for the transfer of funds into Artvisory’s company trust account.
c) Collection of Purchases & Insurance
Artvisory is entitled to retain items sold until all amounts due to us have been received in full in good cleared funds. Subject to this, the Buyer shall collect purchased lots within 3 days from the date of the sale unless otherwise agreed in writing between Artvisory and the Buyer.
At the fall of the hammer, insurance is the responsibility of the purchaser.
d) Packing, Handling and shipping
Artvisory will be able to suggest local, national and international carriers and takes no responsibility whatsoever for the actions of any recommended third party carrier. Artvisory can pack and handle goods purchased at the auction by agreement, however will take no responsibility for damage, a charge may be made for this service. All packing, shipping, insurance, postage & associated charges will be borne by the purchaser.
e) Cultural heritage Export Licences
Unless otherwise agreed by us in writing, the fact that the buyer wishes to apply for an export licence does not affect his or her obligation to make full payment immediately, nor our right to charge interest or storage charges on late payment. It is the Buyer’s responsibility to check Australia’s Protection of Moveable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 before purchase. If the Buyer requests Artvisory to apply
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for an export licence then we shall be entitled to charge a fee for this service. We shall not be obliged to rescind a sale nor to refund any interest or other expenses incurred by the Buyer where payment is made by the Buyer in circumstances where an export licence is not granted.
Remedies for non-payment
If the Buyer fails to make full payment immediately, Artvisory is entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights or remedies (in addition to asserting any other rights or remedies available under the law)
i) to charge interest at such a rate as we shall reasonably decide
ii) to hold the defaulting Buyer liable for the total amount due and to commence legal proceedings for it’s recovery along with interest, legal fees and costs to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law
iii) to cancel the sale
iv) to resell the property publicly or privately on such terms as we see fit
v) to pay the Seller an amount up to the net proceeds payable in respect of the amount bid by the defaulting Buyer. In these circumstances the defaulting Buyer can have no claim upon Artvisory in the event that the item(s) are sold for an amount greater than the original invoiced amount.
vi) to set off against any amounts which Artvisory may owe the Buyer in any other transactions, the outstanding amount remaining unpaid by the Buyer.
vii) where several amounts are owed by the Buyer to us, in respect of different transactions, to apply any amount paid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particular transaction, whether or not the Buyer so directs.
viii) to reject at any future auction any bids made by or on behalf of the Buyer or to obtain a deposit from the Buyer prior to accepting any bids.
ix) to exercise all the rights and remedies of a person holding security over any property in our possession owned by the Buyer whether by way of pledge, security interest or in any other way, to the fullest extent permitted by the law of the place where such property is located. The Buyer will be deemed to have been granted such security to us and we may retain such property as collateral security for such Buyer’s obligations to us.
x) to take such other action as Artvisory deem necessary or appropriate
If we do sell the property under paragraph (iv), then the defaulting Buyer shall be liable for payment of any deficiency between the total amount originally due to us and the price obtained upon reselling as well as for all costs, expenses, damages, legal fees and commissions and premiums of whatever kinds associated with both sales or otherwise arising from the default. If we pay any amount to the Seller under paragraph (v) the Buyer acknowledges that Artvisory shall have all of the rights of the Seller, however arising, to pursue the Buyer for such amount.
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g) Failure to collect purchases
Where purchases are not collected within 3 days from the sale date, whether or not payment has been made, we shall be permitted to remove the property to a warehouse at the buyer’s expense, and only release the items after payment in full has been made of removal, storage handling, insurance and any other costs incurred, together with payment of all other amounts due to us.
6. Extent of Artvisory Liability
Artvisory agrees to refund the purchase price in the circumstances of the Limited Warranty set out in paragraph 7 below. Apart from that, neither the Seller nor we, nor any of our employees or agents are responsible for the correctness of any statement of whatever kind concerning any lot, whether written or oral, nor for any other errors or omissions in description or for any faults or defects in any lots. Except as stated in paragraph 7 below, neither the Seller ourselves, our officers, agents or employees give any representation warranty or guarantee or assume any liability of any kind in respect of any lot with regard to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, description, size, quality, condition, attribution, authenticity, rarity, importance, medium, provenance, exhibition history, literature or historical relevance. Except as required by local law any warranty of any kind is excluded by this paragraph.
7. Limited Warranty
Subject to the terms and conditions of this paragraph, the Seller warrants for the period of thirty days from the date of the sale that any property described in this catalogue (noting such description may be amended by any saleroom notice or announcement) which is stated without qualification to be the work of a named author or authorship is authentic and not a forgery. The term “Author” or “authorship” refers to the creator of the property or to the period, culture, source, or origin as the case may be, with which the creation of such property is identified in the catalogue.
The warranty is subject to the following:
i) it does not apply where a) the catalogue description or saleroom notice corresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars and experts at the date of the sale or fairly indicated that there was a conflict of opinions, or b) correct identification of a lot can be demonstrated only by means of a scientific process not generally accepted for use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which at the date of the publication of the catalogue was unreasonably expensive or impractical or likely to have caused damage to the property.
ii) the benefits of the warranty are not assignable and shall apply only to the original buyer of the lot as shown on the invoice originally issued by Artvisory when the lot was sold at Auction.
iii) the Original Buyer must have remained the owner of the lot without disposing of any interest in it to any third party
iv) The Buyer’s sole and exclusive remedy against the Seller in place of any other remedy which might be available, is the cancellation of the sale and the refund of the original purchase price paid for the lot less the buyers premium which is non refundable. Neither the Seller nor Artvisory will be liable for
any special, incidental nor consequential damages including, without limitation, loss of profits not for interest.
v) The Buyer must give written notice of claim to us within thirty days of the date of the Auction. The Seller shall have the right, to require the Buyer to obtain two written opinions by recognised experts in the field, mutually acceptable to the Buyer and Artvisory to decide whether or not to cancel the sale under warranty.
vi) the Buyer must return the lot to Seller in the same condition that it was purchased.
8. Severability
If any part of these Conditions of Sale is found by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part shall be discounted and the rest of the Conditions shall continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.
9. Copyright
The copyright of all images, illustrations and written material produced by Artvisory relating to a lot including the contents of this catalogue, is and shall remain the property at all times of Artvisory and shall not be used by the Buyer, nor by anyone else without our prior written consent. Artvisory and the Seller make no representation or warranty that the Buyer of a property will acquire any copyright or other reproduction rights in it.
10. Law and Jurisdiction
These terms and conditions and any matters concerned with the foregoing fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the state in which the auction is held.
11. Pre-Sale Estimates
Artvisory publishes with each catalogue our opinion as to the estimated price range for each lot. These estimates are approximate prices only and are not intended to be definitive. They are prepared well in advance of the sale and may be subject to revision. Interested parties should contact Artvisory prior to auction for updated pre-sale estimates and starting prices.
12. Sale results
Artvisory will provide auction results, which will be available as soon as possible after the sale. Results will include buyer’s premium. These results will be posted at www.artvisory.com.au.
13. Goods and Service Tax
In accordance with A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 Artvisory Auctions will collect on behalf of the Australian tax office (ATO) a Goods and Service Tax (GST) of 10% on all applicable transactions. GST is applicable on the hammer price in the case where the seller is selling property that is owned by an entity registered for GST. GST is also applicable on the hammer price in the case where the seller is not an Australian resident. These lots are denoted by a dagger symbol † placed next to the estimate.
GST is also applicable on the buyer’s premium.
Overseas buyers and buyers non-resident in Australia will not be charged GST on both hammer price and premiums under the following conditions:
1. The items are exported through a Artvisory approved freight company including Australia Post
2. The items are exported within 60 days of the date of the sale
The invoice supplied by Artvisory for purchases will be regarded as a Tax invoice for GST purposes.
14. Resale Royalty Scheme
Under the legal obligations of the Resale Royalty Scheme for Visual Artists Act 2009, sellers must provide the following information to comply with the act:
• was the artwork acquired after 8 June 2010?
• is the sale/reserve price (including GST) $1,000 or more?
• is the artist from Australia or a country listed in the Regulations to the Act?
• is the artist alive, or deceased less than 70 years?
The seller:
i) acknowledges that he or she understands his or her legal obligations under the Resale Royalty for Visual Artists Act 2009 (the Act);
ii) undertakes to comply with all requirements of the Act, including by providing its agent, the company, with accurate information sufficient for compliance with sections 28 and 29 of the Act;
iii) undertakes to indemnify the company for any loss incurred by the company as a result of the vendor’s failure to comply with any of the vendor’s legal obligations under the Act; and
iv) acknowledges that if he or she fails to comply with any of his or her legal obligations under the Act, the company may provide the vendor’s name and contact details to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL).
Lots subject to payment of the Resale Royalty Scheme will be denoted by the §. The Australian Resale Royalty is a flat rate of 5% on the hammer price (including GST). The Australian Resale Royalty is payable by the buyer in addition to the buyers premium plus any applicable GST.
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